It was a sweet ride today with two of my friends. We rode 35.74 miles with only 1712 feet of climbing and an average spped of 16.6 mph. It was in the high 80's and quite windy for a good part of the ride. We rode through tobaco country and saw plants that were at least four feet high and some of them were flowering. We stopped for water at a small gas station and saw a group of men sitting around shooting the breeze. You gotta love these small country towns.